shamefacedly

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She laughed shamefacedly, and met his eyes now.

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  • She took it shamefacedly, turned it over and over, looked at it curiously, and then asked my guide, “What is this?” It was the first time in her life that she had seen a gold coin, and the guide had to explain to her that it could be changed into many of the zwanzigers or beshliks which were the only coins she knew. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
  • He rolled his eyes shamefacedly, as he had not for a while. —  AHMM,July-August2006
  • Madame Bachelet thought to make the trip somewhat shamefacedly -- during the month when most of Chile's elite and political class were on holiday.
  • "You poor child," she said, "I do believe you haven't much beside for the summer You see," broke in Nan, shamefacedly, "Delia didn't know anything about styles and I didn't--care, and so we sort of let clothes go. —  The Governess
  • And then she told, still shamefacedly, her story Gilian was amazed I did not think you cared for suppers and teas," he said. —  Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
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